How to make a very narrow home open, bright and comfortable? Go vertical, focus on storage, work your materials and embrace modern design

Expansive glass walls facing the street create openness, sun-filled rooms and closer relations with the neighbors

Generous glass opens this Montana home to the rugged scenery, while wood keeps the look warm and inviting

Behr takes its turn in the color-forecasting game with 4 paint collections from superbold to sophisticated

By-the-hour design advice helps a homeowner define a dining area in an open floor plan and give it a decorator look

Laundry plus bill paying? Sign us up. Plus a potting area? We dig it. See how multiuse laundry rooms work harder and smarter for you

Make the most of your wall of glass with window treatments that balance privacy and light

An open-plan space is divvied up into a dining room, foyer and library–music room in a family-friendly way

Carpets can artfully define spaces and distinguish functions in a wide-open room — if you know how to avoid the dreaded clash

The home-field advantage is all yours with an outdoor screen, a better-than-a-bar patio and a fire feature for some heated action